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[Dovecot] dovecot-shared and shared "\Seen" flags
by Dave 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

(Running Dovecot 1.1.0) Is it possible to either - (a) Still have shared "\Seen" flags even while using the dovecot-shared file or (b) Indicate to Dovecot in some way other than the dovecot-shared file which permissions to use for any messages created? The problem is, in my shared folder (using symlinks) scenario I am using, I have to use the dovecot-shared file to make sure new messages get written with the correct user and group permissions so that everyone appropriate can access them, but I still would like the functionality of the shared "\Seen" flags in these shared/symlinked folders (which having dovecot-shared seems to knock out). Is it possible to do both somehow? Dave

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Re: [Dovecot] 1.1 Quota Question
by Marty Anstey 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

>>> We are currently running Dovecot 1.1.16 & Postfix; maildir++. >>> >>> When a message arrives for a mailbox which is over quota, it is bounced. >>> Obviously, this isn't very desirable; the primary downside to this is >>> that when junk mail hits a full mailbox it's bounced to that recipient >>> of the message. On a busy mail system, that could potentially get us >>> blacklisted pretty quickly. Ideally we would like to reject the messages >>> inline. Is there an easy way to set this up? >>> >> >> a) Use deliver -e parameter and configure your MTA to wait on replying >> to DATA command until deliver has finished. I don't know how to make >> Postfix do this (or perhaps it does it by default? dunno). >> >> b) Use quota_warning scripts on 100% quota usage to update user's "quota >> full" bit in a database (or wherever) and have Postfix reject RCPT TO >> command based on that information. I don't know how to do that on >> Postfix's side either. Thanks for the feedback. Option (a) sounds like the cleanest solution, but a bit of testing showed that Postfix doesn't wait on deliver before replying to DATA so this seems to always result in a bounce. I've perused the postfix documentation but so far no luck; if anyone reading this has any insight on how we might configure postfix to behave this way, could you please let me know (maybe offlist would be best, as this may be considered somewhat off-topic). We are using something similar to option (b) currently, but it's not really an elegant approach and we would really like to move away from it. Option (a) sounds great, if we can somehow get it to work. TIA, Marty

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[Dovecot] Question about Windows Mail for Vista IMAP client
by Stewart Dean 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

When TBird logs on, it does it quietly, that is it opens one or two logins. When you start working it'll open a few more. Quiet, no thrashing around When WM4Vista opens, it appears to login and disconnect (immediately) once for every folder a person has. 20 folders, 20 logins and disconnect, ripple fire. Anybody have an idea why WM4V is so busy and TB is quiet doing the same thing? I fell over this doing testing on V1.2.6 but find it's also the case back on my production V1.1.15 -- ==== Once upon a time, the Internet was a friendly, neighbors-helping-neighbors small town, and no one locked their doors. Now it's like an apartment in Bed-Stuy: you need three heavy duty pick-proof locks, one of those braces that goes from the lock to the floor, and bars on the windows.... ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Bard College, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] Error: NO Mailbox is locked
by Giovanni Mancuso 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi to all, i migrate an imap server from courier-imap to dovecot 1.1.13. After the migration i have often this error in imap communication: * NO Mailbox is locked, will abort in 122 seconds * NO Mailbox is locked, will abort in 92 seconds * NO Mailbox is locked, will abort in 62 seconds * NO Mailbox is locked, will abort in 32 seconds I use maildir and all data are in nfs server. My dovecot configuration is: protocols = imap pop3 imaps pop3s log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " ssl_cert_file = /opt/dovecot/certs/imapd.pem ssl_key_file = /opt/dovecot/certs/imapd.pem login_user = dovecot mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir mail_uid = 104 mail_gid = 102 mail_privileged_group = vmail first_valid_uid = 0 last_valid_uid = 0 first_valid_gid = 0 last_valid_gid = 0 ssl_disable = no disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_drop_priv_before_exec=yes log_path = /opt/dovecot/logs/dovecot.log mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mmap_disable = yes protocol imap { listen = *:143 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota ssl_listen = *:993 mail_executable = /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/automigrateimap } protocol pop3 { listen = *:110 pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v ssl_listen = *:995 mail_executable = /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/automigratepop3 mail_plugins = quota } auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain # passdb pam { # } passdb ldap { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf } # userdb passwd { # } userdb ldap { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf } user = root } dict { } plugin { quota = maildir quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=100M } namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } Have You any idea? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Wish-list: X-Delivered-To headers generated by dovecot-deliver
by Andrzej Adam Filip 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Would it be sensible/"cost effective" to make dovecot-deliver generated X-Delivered-To header(s) based on command line parameter(s)? [after striping such existing headers, before consulting sieve] I need it to: a) *clearly* mark POP/IMAP account fetched by fetchmail [with fetchmail using directly dovecot-deliver in --mda option] b) cleanly implement "shared mailboxes" with MTA such as sendmail that can be easily forced to generate "one header per one recipient" [AFAIK] -- [pl>en: Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi(a)onet.eu Order and simplification are the first steps toward mastery of a subject -- the actual enemy is the unknown. -- Thomas Mann

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[Dovecot] Multiple LDAP Userdb lookups
by David 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hello one & all, I understand it is possible to do multiple lookups for userdb info of different types, for instance a local "real" account & virtual MySql lookups. Is it possible to do two separate ldap lookups to differnt parts of the same AD domain? I have a config file to do my authentication lookup against the domain. Then I have a 2nd config file for the userdb lookups which uses ldap to query our AD for their userdb info. I need to query a 2nd part of the AD for another group of users & unfortunately putting all users into one container isn't possible. So, if I add another ldap stanza to dovecot.conf will I break anything? Cheers, David. This email is confidential and is intended solely for the use of the parties to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly forbidden. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Newcastle College. Although this email and its attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defects which might affect any computer or IT system into which they are received, no responsibility is accepted by Newcastle College or any of its associated companies for any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use thereof.

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird and Trash folder
by Stefan Onken 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hello, I have my problems with the Trash folder in thunderbird. Most of the times (it did work, but only for a short period) Thunderbird is not considering the "Trash" folder (or in my case the "Papierkorb") as the trash folder. The symbol disappears and I am not able to delete folders. Deleted emails are disappearing at all. The usual Google solutions like maildir vs. mbox doesn't help a lot, I am using maildir and the directory structure looks fine. I noticed that I have two trash folders, one with "INBOX.", one without. That may be a problem with Squirrelmail, because I am using both Thunderbird and Squirrelmail. Any idea to solve this issue with Thunderbird ? Thank you, Stonki Dovecot -a: http://www.pastebin.org/49066 Directory structure: http://www.pastebin.org/49067

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[Dovecot] Multiple SSL certs question
by Jean-Baptiste Vignaud 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hello; I was reading the message "how to config dovecot for multiple domains, multiple SSL certs, and conditional IP access -- with passwd-file passdb?", and i was wondering if Dovecot could support the SNI extention of TLS ? SNI is Server Name Indication where during the TLS negotiation, the client set the name of the server it tries to reach I dont know if any imap/pop client support this yet, but this would be a great feature for one IP/multiple virtual domains. Each SNI client would have the correct certificate and not the "main/generic' one. It seems that mutt has a patch for that http://www.mail-archive.com/mutt-dev@mutt.org/msg05251.html

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[Dovecot] Hundreds of auth-worker sockets in /etc/dovecot
by Eggert Ehmke 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I run dovecot 1.2.6, before last update I had 1.2.2. on Debian Lenny. I noticed that my config directory /etc/dovecot is filled up with hundreds of old auth-worker.12345 sockets. I guess they should have been cleaned up, is there a misconfiguration? When I remember right, this did not happen with dovecot 1.1.

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[Dovecot] Help request
by Roy Lozano 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I'm very new to Linux and especially Dovecot. We are using Dovecot IMAP/POP3 for mail services. I was moving mail from one user account to another new account and the mail just disappeared. Do I have a way to recover the mail? Please help Duane

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